CNB Animal Facility

Ethical Committee

Animal Research Ethics Committee

The CNB has an Animal Research Ethics Committee that ensures compliance with the codes of good scientific practice at the centre. As part of the CSIC, it subscribes to the declaration of support for the European Directive 2010/63/EU that protects animals used in scientific research.

The CNB has adhered to the Agreement on Transparency in Animal Testing, launched on 20 September 2016. The Animal Transparency Report summarises progress in the implementation of this agreement.

The CNB is committed to a ‘culture of care’. To promote this culture of care, the CNB-CSIC is part of the transparency agreement promoted by the Confederation of Spanish Scientific Societies (COSCE) and is a member of the European Association for Animal Research (EARA).

INTRODUCTION

– INFORMATIVE SEMINAR CEEA-CNB (format *.pdf)

– MAIN CHANGES OF RD 53/2013 FOR RESEARCHERS (*.doc format)

COMPOSITION AND RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE CEEA-CNB

This committee is composed of both CNB staff and external advisors with different professional profiles: from researchers to administrative, instrumentation, technical and research support staff.

– CEEA-CNB REGULATIONS (formato *.doc)

– FUNCTIONS OF THE CEEA-CNB (*.pdf format)

– COMPOSITION OF THE CEEA-CNB (*.pdf format)

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR PROJECT AUTHORISATION

– APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE TO THE CNB AND EVALUATION BY THE CSIC ETHICS COMMITTEE (format* docx.)

– PROJECT PROPOSAL (format* doc.)

– TEMPLATE FOR APPLICATION FOR PROJECT AUTHORISATION TO THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY (C.A.M.)

– WHAT AND WHERE TO APPLY (LINK)

– Non-technical project summary (format*.xlsx)

– Retrospective Evaluation Form

– Project modification request form

INFORMATIVE DOCUMENTS

– Working document on Non-Technical Project summaries (format* pdf)

– EXAMPLES OF WELFARE ASSESSMENTS AND RETROSPECTIVES (*.pdf format)

– ANNEX III: Supervision of animals and Actions:

  1. Control of Animal Welfare during Procedures.
  2. Actions to be taken in the event of alterations in well-being, pain or anguish.

– SAMPLE COLLECTION AND INOCULATION TECHNIQUES (updated May-07)

WELFARE STUDIES IN ESTABLISHED MOUSE LINES

– GENETICALLY ALTERED MICE WELL-BEING STUDY FORMAT (format *.doc)

– DISCLAIMERS ON GENETICALLY ALTERED MOUSE LINES (*.pdf format)

– GENETICALLY ALTERED LINES WITHOUT ADVERSE PHENOTYPE

ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED IN 2024

The Ethics Committee has carried out the following reviews and evaluations:

New projects: A total of 17 new projects have been assessed, of which 14 have been processed and approved by the authorised body and the competent authority, two remained in process and one was rejected.

Project modifications: 21 project modifications were assessed and all were registered on the competent authority’s website.

Retrospective evaluations: 9 retrospective evaluations were successfully monitored before being sent to the authoritative body.

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